Reidar Carlsen was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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Reidar Carlsen was born in Bodin

Bodin

Bodin is a parish and former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.-History:Bodin was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . Some smaller parts of the municipality were transferred to the town of Bodø January 1, 1901 and July 1, 1938...

 in Nordland county, Norway. He studied at the National School of Forestry (Skogskolen) in the community of Steinkjer

Steinkjer

is a town and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer, which is also the seat of the county government...

 (1928-1929).

He was Member of Parliament of Norway from 1945-1961. He was Minister of Trade 1945-1946, and Minister of Fisheries 1946-1951. He served as Director of the Regional Development Fund

Regional Development Fund

The Regional Development Fund was a government agency and bank in Norway tasked with promoting regional development by counselling, loans and subsidies. The fund was established in 1961 and existed until 1993, when it was merged with the Industry Bank and the Industry Fund to form the Norwegian...

 1961–78.

Awards

• Petter Dass Medal (Petter Dass -medaljen) - (1955)
• Order of St. Olav - (1968)
• King Haakon VII 100-year Medal - (1972)